Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00440
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Siderite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Iron carbonate , anhydrous normal carbonate (class), calcite (mineral group)
CAS name:
Siderite (Fe(CO3))
Source location 1:
New Wheal Kitty, St Agnes, Cornwall, UK
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1929,219
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Yellow, pale
Other:
Forms a series with magnesite and rhodochrosite, spectrum matches those of specimens from other localities, compare spectrum with those of other members of the calcite group
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Dubrawski, J. V., A. L. Channon, and S. S. J. Warne. "Examination of the Siderite-magnesite Mineral Series by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy." American Mineralogist 74 (1989): 187-90.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C Fe O3
Linear formula:
FeCO3
CAS registry no:
14476-16-5
Other analytical methods:
EDS(Fe with trace Al, Si), SEM, XRD